Suggestion for iMatch (IPTC import from RAW file XMP)

It would be a great convenience if the import of RAW images would recognize 
IPTC metadata stored in the image's associated XMP file. This would have 
the additional benefit of getting around the problem of attaching metadata 
to proprietary RAW files by storing it in the iMatch database.

I'm not sure how widespread the use of Photoshop's Camera RAW converter is, 
but it stores the image settings for every converted image in it's own 
database. If you use Photoshop on multiple machines, this information can 
instead be saved in an XMP file so it can travel with the image. Conversion 
exposure settings and all of the IPTC metadata Photoshop allows us to enter 
also travels in this XMP file.

Adobe's opened this standard up to anyone who wants to use it so there 
ought not to be any licensing required to take advantage of it. I'd like to 
see other applications take advantage of it, and I'd *love* to be able to 
take advantage of this metadata in iMatch.

Rick.
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